A few months ago I was asked by a very senior executive at Foxtel as to what I thought about Foxtel content appearing on Sony devices like the PSP or the Playstations 2 and 3. At the time I thought the question was odd. Now it emerges that Sony management has been talking to Foxtel about their new online portal that is set to launch later this year or early in 2009.
There has also been talk of Foxtel content being streamed to Sony devices.
In the UK according to the Times newspaper Sony has launched a joint venture with Sky which is also part owned by News Ltd called Go! View.
It enables subscribers to download TV shows onto Sony's handheld games console. You don't need to subscribe to Sky's satellite-TV service, but Go!View does charge per month or per episode.
The Sunday Times which is also owned by News Ltd which has a 33% shareholding in Foxtel claims that once a user has signed up, you can select the viewing material you want and transfer it to your PSP via your computer.
The cost is around $3.80 per program or a monthly subscription fee of $38 per month
